Africa
Earthquakes in Ethiopia
Every earthquake in and around Ethiopia since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days3M2.5+
Past year25M2.5+
Magnitude 6+26since 1900
StrongestM 6.51906 · 8 km E of Goba, Ethiopia
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in Ethiopia
- 6.5 8 km E of Goba, Ethiopia Aug 25, 1906
- 6.5 12 km ENE of Gâlâfi, Djibouti Aug 20, 1989
- 6.4 10 km SE of Jinka, Ethiopia Jun 30, 1919
- 6.4 31 km E of Turmi, Ethiopia Nov 30, 1937
- 6.4 17 km NNE of Gâlâfi, Djibouti Aug 21, 1989
- 6.3 28 km SSE of Jinka, Ethiopia Oct 25, 1987
- 6.3 37 km ENE of Āt’aye, Ethiopia Sep 27, 1938
- 6.2 42 km NNW of Axum, Ethiopia Sep 23, 1915
- 6.2 17 km NE of Dubti, Ethiopia Mar 29, 1969
- 6.2 22 km S of Adi Keyh, Eritrea Mar 31, 1945
Last 24 months
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The latest
- 4.5 13 km WSW of Āwash, Ethiopia Oct 28, 2026
- 4.3 18 km NNE of Metahāra, Ethiopia Oct 15, 2026
- 4.6 14 km NNE of Metahāra, Ethiopia Oct 5, 2026
- 4.4 9 km WNW of Āwash, Ethiopia Sep 16, 2026
- 4.6 13 km ENE of Metahāra, Ethiopia Aug 9, 2026
- 4.4 14 km NW of Āwash, Ethiopia Jul 21, 2026
- 4.4 21 km E of Āwash, Ethiopia Jul 7, 2026
- 4.0 41 km NW of Metahāra, Ethiopia Jun 25, 2026
- 4.2 75 km E of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia Jun 11, 2026
- 4.5 9 km NE of Metahāra, Ethiopia May 22, 2026
- 4.7 42 km E of Turmi, Ethiopia May 14, 2026
- 4.3 11 km N of Metahāra, Ethiopia May 10, 2026
- 4.4 34 km SE of Debre Birhan, Ethiopia Apr 21, 2026
- 4.3 12 km NNE of Metahāra, Ethiopia Apr 1, 2026
- 4.3 43 km S of Metahāra, Ethiopia Mar 21, 2026